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Marks & Spencer is unveiling its new look flagship store on Oxford Street with the top two floors reopening after a major development.
The retail giant’s store, located in the iconic Pantheon building, now spans four floors and almost 100,000 square feet.
The new floors will be home to the menswear, kidswear, lingerie and home collections.
It also includes a new bespoke suiting offer, where customers can get a made-to-order suit in-store.
M&S hopes the revamp will make it one of the most popular shopping destinations in London.
Chief executive Stuart Machin said: “In 2019, we built the blueprint to modernise our food business, with a new food format designed to capture the soul of a fresh market.
Customers can get a made-to-order suit in-store (M&S)
“We started at Clapham St John’s Road and have renewed 160 of our food stores since then, including here at Pantheon. Now we’re taking that same approach into fashion, home and beauty.
“Pantheon on Oxford Street, where we’ve had a store since 1938, is our first full-line flagship and our research and development store for fashion, home and beauty. It’s where we’re testing how we make shopping our ranges easier, more curated and more inspiring, from clearer product moments to how the store looks and feels overall.
“We’ve still got a lot to do modernising our estate, with 25 years of catching up to do. But Pantheon is a big step forward.”
The new store is one of six that M&S is renewing in London this financial year, alongside four brand new stores.
Parts of the store have remained open during the redevelopment, but remaining two upper floors were closed.
More than 100 guests, including M&S ambassadors, joined Mr Machin and members of M&S’ leadership team for a preview of the store on Sunday evening.